The Wars Quizzes

The Wars Quiz 1

By Amit Davé · Edited by Meghan Joyce · Last reviewed November 23, 2012

1 In the novel's prologue, we meet Robert Ross, seated in a scene of destruction. There are two animals nearby. What are they?

A horse and a dog

A horse and a cow

A cat and a fox

A dog and a cat
2 What does Robert Ross discover in a cattle car during the novel's prologue?

Horses

Munitions

Grain

Prisoners
3 What color does Finley describe the moon as being in the novel's prologue?

Blue

Red

Orange

Yellow
4 What did Heather Lawson ask Robert Ross to do that he found absurd?

Fight another man who loved her

Marry her on a dare and start a family

Enlist in the army to impress her father

Run away with her to another country
5 In which division of the military is Robert Ross trying to enlist while at the train station?

Field artillery

Cavalry division

Infantry

Mountain division
6 What color is the dog that Robert Ross sees at the train station?

Gray

Brown

Black

White
7 Rowena, Robert's sister, was born with what ailment?

Cardiomyopathy

Hydrophobia

Hydrocephalus

Cardiomegaly
8 Where is Robert Ross when Rowena falls from her wheelchair?

With a girlfriend

Running in the fields

In his bedroom

Swimming in a lake
9 What kind of animal did Rowena house in cages in the stable?

Toads

Squirrels

Rabbits

Mice
10 What does Mrs Ross insist that Robert do after Rowena's death?

Leave the house forever

Destroy her belongings

Kill her pet animals

Enlist in the military
11 Everyone in the Ross family is aware of Mrs. Ros s's problem with this substance, but no one says anything. What substance is it?

Alcohol

Opium

Sedatives

Cocaine
12 What did Robert Ross do when he saw Teddy Budge going to the stable?

Began weeping uncontrollably

Started arguing with his father

Assaulted him from behind

Ran to the phone to alert the police
13 What did Mrs. Ross tell Robert while he was soaking in the bathtub?

She wished he had died instead of his sister

She was going to divorce his father and remarry

She wanted him to leave home immediately

She wasn't responsible for keeping him safe
14 What does Robert Ross say he hopes to learn from a mentor figure?

The skills to outmaneuver an enemy

The will to kill another human being

The courage to fight in the trenches

The fortitude to not give into fear
15 Robert Ross says that the rigidity of training reminds him of another place he spent part of his life. What place is he speaking of?

Juvenile prison

Detention hall

Physical education class

Boarding school
16 While running one day, Robert Ross encounters a coyote. Where does the coyote lead him?

To its den at the base of a hill

To a mountain top overlooking a river

To a valley with a small pond

To a secluded wooded grove
17 What did the coyote that Robert Ross encountered do before leaving him?

Bared its teeth at him

Barked three times

Ran and played with him

Let him pet it gently
18 After his encounter with the coyote, Robert Ross returns to his barracks late. What is his punishment?

Cleaning all the latrines

Mess hall duty for a month

Confinement to his quarters

Tidying the horse stalls
19 What was Robert Ross doing when he came across Eugene Taffler?

Replacing targets on the rifle range

Surveying the land for water

Using a mine detector to find mines

Searching for two lost horses
20 What was Eugene Taffler doing when Robert Ross first met him?

Chopping wood with a large fire axe

Fishing for salmon along a riverbank

Shooting tin cans with his revolver

Throwing stones at empty glass bottles
21 Who did Robert Ross feel could be the mentor he was looking for?

Levitt

Eugene Taffler

Mr Ross

Harris
22 What did Robert Ross request that his father send him when he wrote to him?

Boots

A pistol

A hat

Gloves
23 What type of business does Maria Dreyfus run?

A brothel

A bar

A restaurant

A casino
24 What are the three houses in Lousetown colloquially referred to as?

"The Church", "The Bar", and "The Playhouse"

"The Head", "The Body", and "The Nether Regions"

"Dry Goods", "Wet Goods", and "Spoiled Goods"

"Upstairs", "Downstairs", and "Limbo"
25 Whose horse and dog did Robert Ross recognize while on his visit to Lousetown?

Eugene Taffler's

Poole's

Thomas Ross's

Levitt's

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